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• HLSim - NIOSH Hearing Loss Simulator
  6/8/2022 - PC software
  Use this training and communication tool to demonstrate the effects of noise exposure on hearing.
• An Evaluation of Sound Restoration Hearing Protection Devices and Audibility Issues in Mining
  11/1/2012 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This paper presents test results from a selection of four sound restoration hearing protection devices, with the objective of determining whether they provide improved speech intelligibility to workers near certain types of mining equipment.
• What Does a Hearing Loss Sound Like?
  9/19/2012 - Training materials
  Loud noise can permanently damage your hearing. It especially affects the sounds that help you understand speech. To hear what this sounds like, try these computer-generated samples.
• Technology News 548 - Bit Isolator Reduces Drilling Noise in Underground Coal Mines
  3/1/2012 - Technology News
  This paper describes an engineering noise control that reduces roof bolting machine (RBM) operators’ exposure to noise in underground coal mines, thereby decreasing the risk of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) in RBM operators and nearby workers.
• CAP the Noise to Save your Hearing!
  11/1/2010 - Brochures/flyers/pamphlets
  This publication addresses what you can do when you are exposed to hazardous noise.
• Hearing Loss in the Mining Industry: The Evolution of NIOSH and Bureau of Mines Hearing Loss Research
  1/1/2010 - Book chapters
  The NIOSH strategy expands on decades of research by its U.S. Bureau of Mines predecessors that identified some of the key issues with underground and surface noise sources.
• Noise Control in Underground Metal Mining
  12/1/2009 - Information Circulars
  This document describes principles of noise control to operators, safety personnel, and mechanics in the mining industry so that they can evaluate the extent of a noise problem, determine the best approach, and apply the most appropriate solution.
• Equipment Noise and Worker Exposure in the Coal Mining Industry
  12/1/2006 - Information Circulars
  This study presents a NIOSH cross-sectional survey of noise sources and worker noise exposures, discusses the survey's application to administrative and engineering controls, and reviews exposure reduction methods.
• Mine Hearing and Communication Safety System
  6/13/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  Triton Systems proposes to develop a new product—“MineEar”—which would offer superior awareness, communication, and hearing protection through noise attenuation, occlusion effect reduction technology, and advanced noise reduction.
• Increasing the Effectiveness of Targeted Mining Hearing Conservation Program Elements
  3/1/2023 - Research projects
  A project to identify and remediate actual and perceived barriers to full implementation of hearing conservation programs at surface stone, sand, and gravel mines.